One thing that stood out for me was the thought that there should be no more than two goals. Sometimes I think we get ahead of ourselves with technology as it changes so quickly. We think of all the things we "should" be doing and aspire to do all of them, but in a large district that much change can take time. I like the thought that a district should focus in on two achievable goals and actually make them happen, then anything additional is just a bonus to what has been achieved from the plan.
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Tech Planning Process
When looking into the technology planning process, I recognized many of the details that went into my own district's technology plan. Having not been a part of this process before, it was insightful to look into the many factors that were considered behind the scenes for the personnel involved. I think it would be really interesting to be on this planning committee.
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I think you are exactly correct when you say that sometimes we get ahead of ourselves with technology and setting goals. As you know some teachers are still nervous about it and they don't quite understand it. I think we put so much emphasis on starting it and starting it NOW when not everyone is ready or trained on it. As we know we cannot expect our students to do multiplication before they do addition, the same with setting goals in technology. The goals must be realistic. You cannot have a goal that all students will be using technology if not all students have technology available to them. We've been learning all about leadership and one of the major things I come back to when reading that goals should be no more than two is celebrate the small successes.
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